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Online DTC luxury brand Quince raised a $500M Series E led by Iconiq at a $10.1B valuation; it recently launched in Canada and its revenue topped $1B in 2025 (James Manso/WWD)
https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/quince-10-1-billion-v…

EXCLUSIVE: Quince Closes $500 Million Series E at $10.1 Billion Valuation
Quince reached a $10.1 billion valuation for its $500 million series E, following 2025 revenues of over $1 billion.

Where we’re at is like learning the right way to operate the controls of a large passenger airliner.
While it’s full of passengers.
“Under “contributing factors” the note included “novel GenAI usage for which best practices and safeguards are not yet fully established.”
“Junior and mid-level engineers will now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted changes, Treadwell added.”

I've posted pictures of 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 in other seasons but I took this one on a freezing cold day with blowing, not falling, snow
#photo #photography #cornell

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Flying Lizards:
🎵 Money (That’s What I Want)
#TheFlyingLizards
https://guydavidov.bandcamp.com/track/the-flying-lizards-money-that-s-what-i-want-guy-davidov-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1mHx2EsLJlImS6tENOt22o

Atlassian is cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~1,600 jobs, to fund investment in AI and enterprise sales; filing: the cuts will incur $225M-$236M in charges (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/atlassian-slashes-10percent-of-work…

Atlassian slashes 10% of workforce to 'self-fund' investments in AI and enterprise sales
Atlassian said it's cutting 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 jobs, as it restructures to fund investments in artificial intelligence and enterprise sales.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Jackie Stoudemire:
🎵 Flying High
#JackieStoudemire
https://eccentricdisco.bandcamp.com/track/flying-high
https://open.spotify.com/track/5UTNIhH5tpOM20KFx0y1ci

Disney is rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to US users on its mobile app, featuring clips from movies and TV shows on Disney (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/disney-is-rolling-out-its-tiktok-lik…

Disney+ is rolling out its TikTok-like 'Verts' short-form video feed | TechCrunch
Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Verts is designed to boost daily engagement and reach mobile-first viewers, all while increasing discovery across Disney+'s catalog.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tara Lily:
🎵 Flying To Kolkata
#TaraLily
https://taralily.bandcamp.com/track/flying-to-kolkata
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UaFQKDdGsbbHwnC7dLXil

Internal doc: the State Department moved its internal chatbot from Claude Sonnet 4.5 to GPT-4.1, following Trump's directive to cancel Anthropic contracts (Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offlo…

State offloads Claude as underpinning model in flagship StateChat
The agency moved its chatbot to operate on OpenAI’s GPT 4.1, internal document shows.

The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief

Rudd confirmed to head NSA, Cyber Command after near year-long vacancy
Rudd, who was confirmed 71-29 to serve as the “dual-hat” leader of the organizations, takes the reins as the U.S. faces mounting aggression in cyberspace from foreign adversaries at the same time the Trump administration has sought to shrink the size of the federal government.